A multimedia collage by Meitar Magin, 7, of Wellington.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsWhen does a person become an artist?People are often at their most creative when they are young and uninhibited, and the ups and downs of life haven't eroded their confidence. But kids’ work is often relegated to the kitchen and attached with magnets to the refrigerator door.Last Friday … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: August 13-16
Womanchild, a sculpture by Armory student Vivian Wang.Art: You can see what the kids got up to at summer camp Friday night when the Armory Art Center showcases the work of 700 of its summer students from kindergarten through high school. Participants in classes such as Adventure in Art and Studio Artshops for Teens produced work including drawing, painting, mixed media, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: August 7-9
Jazzman, by Sharon Koskoff.Art: Watching artists create their work can be fascinating, as it allows one to enter into their world, watch their processes, and then see the images emerge from a blank canvas. This Friday night, starting at 7 p.m., 20 artists will start with a 16-inch-by-20-inch canvas and for the next 90 minutes will create their work in a variety of mediums on … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 23-26
Brian Kovachik won best of show for this ceramic vase.(Photo by Katie Deits)Art: The Gallery at Palm Beach Community College’s Eissey Campus in Palm Beach Gardens currently is featuring Earthly Delights, a multimedia exhibition of art by members of The Palm Beach County Art Teachers Association. The exhibition is composed of recent paintings, sculpture, photography, and mixed … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 16-19
The Musicians, by Betty Wilson.(Photo by Katie Deits)Art: Opening this Friday at the Clay, Glass, Metal, Stone Cooperative Gallery in Lake Worth will be an exhibit featuring the work of Norm Gitzen, Tracy Rosof-Peterson and Betty Wilson, as well the cooperative's 22 other artists.West Palm Beach artist Betty Wilson creates colorful art in fused glass and clay. Wilson layers … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 9-12
Pete Byrne of Naked Eyes.Art: Last month, the Norton Museum of Art launched Art After Dark, a program of nighttime art appreciation and entertainment set for the second Thursday of every month.The first Art After Dark on June 11 was very successful, with more than 540 people making their way to the West Palm Beach museum. Tonight, it's Midsummer Night's Mystery at the Museum, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 2-5
Trees in Howard Park, by Bill Perry.Art: If you’re up for some laid-back fun while viewing (and perhaps buying) art at the same time, the weekly Thursday night art show at the Rum Bar next to Panama Hattie's in North Palm Beach is the latest, hottest hangout for the artsy crowd.About a dozen artists show their work, and tonight, well-known local artist and Armory Art Center … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 25-28
The Flower Is Always in the Almond (After Bachelard),by Justin Rabideau.Art: Opening Friday at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach is Native Offerings III, an exhibit in which four South Florida artists interpret their surroundings. Curated by Talya Lerman, the show demonstrates how Isabel Gouveia, Brigid Howard, Justin Rabideau and Carolyn Sickles … [Read more...]
Art review: Locksley-Shea collection explores urgency, vitality of contemporary art
With You I Want to Live (2007), by Tracey Emin.By Emma TrellesFORT LAUDERDALE -- With You I Want To Live, a pink neon sculpture by British artist Tracey Emin, is a bit of a triple-threat. In its own right, the work reflects Emin’s millennial-tinged obsessions with ardor - its pleasures, its unavoidable pratfalls. She is, after all, also the author of Everyone I Have Ever Slept … [Read more...]
Art review: Lyrical Abstraction show demonstrates resilience of American painting
Red Isle (1981), by John Seery.By Jenifer A. VogtIt is often a delight when a museum reaches into its permanent collection and unearths hidden treasures that are rarely, if ever, seen. It’s a practical impossibility for any art institution to display all the works acquired throughout the years.This leaves the curatorial staff charged with the disheartening task of labeling some … [Read more...]